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- Chord Box: Poems
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
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In her first book, Chord Box, Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers envisions a world where each place is best known by its sound. Weaving complex junctions between music, speech, the body, and sexuality, these poems trace the arc of adolescence and early adulthood, rooting themselves in gritty landscapes of the South and Appalachia, China and its borderlands. Part narrative and part lyric, Rogers's poems make use of the whole field of the page, assembling an innovative poetic vocabulary that includes word, character, and symbol. By calling on figures from the recent as well as the distant past, this coming-of-age collection asks us to consider history, both personal and political. Whether struggling to make vibrato on the guitar or stringing together her first sentences in Mandarin, the speaker of these poems assumes the role of the eager student, edging her way toward an understanding with both fierceness and a sense of humility. Chord Box is exquisitely crafted and rich with feeling, a dazzling debut collection. Chord Box is part of the University of Arkansas Press Poetry Series, edited by Enid Shomer.
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- Acknowledgments
- pp. v-vi
- Part I. String Fugue with Stretto (1973–2009)
- I-77 North: 2009
- pp. 3-4
- Juke: 1973
- pp. 5-6
- Cough: 1974
- pp. 7-8
- Dirge: Autumn 1974
- pp. 9-10
- Belt: 1975
- pp. 11-12
- Prelude for Open Strings: 2000
- pp. 13-14
- p—i—m—a: 2001
- pp. 15-16
- Ensemble: 2001
- pp. 17-18
- Vibrato: 2001
- pp. 19-20
- Psalm: 1976
- pp. 21-22
- Duet in E minor: 2002
- pp. 23-24
- Pastoral: 2002
- pp. 25-26
- Aubade, Falsetto: 1978
- pp. 27-29
- Chorale: 1979
- pp. 30-32
- False Cadence: 2002
- pp. 33-35
- Leading Tone: 2002
- pp. 36-37
- To the Conservatory: 1983
- pp. 38-39
- Coda: 2003
- pp. 40-42
- Part II.
- Elizabeth I, Richmond
- pp. 45-46
- Five Fades
- pp. 48-53
- New Garden
- pp. 54-55
- Margin, Error
- pp. 56-58
- The Luthier
- pp. 59-60
- A Road in the Sky
- pp. 61-63
- Floater (Myodesopsia)
- pp. 67-68
- Part III.
- A Map of Shanxi
- pp. 71-74
- In Mid-Autumn
- pp. 77-78
- 人/λ: A Redshift
- pp. 79-81
- At the Bathhouse
- pp. 82-83
- 鼓浪屿 (gŭ làng yŭ)
- pp. 87-90
- At the Fortress
- pp. 93-96
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610755115
Related ISBN(s)
9781557289988
MARC Record
OCLC
828737892
Pages
107
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2013